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Ari’s 3x great-grandparents, Raye Cohen and Maurice Katz, were married at the Great Synagogue in London on 28 December 1909. I have just...

Judith (Judy) was Ari’s great-great-grandmother. She was born on 30 September 1910 at 6 Gore Road, Hackney, the daughter of Maurice Katz...

One of Ari’s 4x great-grandmothers was Hinda, later called Jane, who was born in about 1845, probably in Ekaterinoslav (now...

Isaac Katz was the father of Maurice Katz, and was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather. He was born in about 1842 in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine (now...

Ari’s 3x great-grandmother Rachel Cohen was always known to me as Grandma Raye. She was born at 8 East Mount Street in Whitechapel on 5...

One of Ari’s 3x great-grandfathers was Maurice Katz, originally Moses and known as Morrie. He was born in 1883 in Ekaterinoslav in the...